Thoughts for those who oppose forcefully ousting Saddam

Posted: Saturday, March 15, 2003

Elinor Rees (March 8 letter) may think it is quite clever to use President Bush's commentaries to demean his position in defending our nation against potential attacks by Saddam Hussein or anyone else. Saddam does not deserve credit for destroying any of his weapons since having them in the first place was a violation of the United Nations agreement 10 years ago. Saddam should not have had them in the first place.

In response to letters regarding anti-war considerations, I would like to employ several views offered by Dennis Miller, as printed in a Wichita Falls newspaper.

1. Considering President Bush and Saddam Hussein, please remember that Hussein is the bad guy, not Bush.

2. If you have faith in the United Nations to do the right thing, please remember it has Libya heading the human rights committee and Iraq heading the global disarmament committee. You do the math here.

3. The History Channel shows there are more French military defeats than French military victories.

4. If your anti-war slogan is ''No war for oil,'' sue your school district for allowing you to fall through the cracks, robbing you of the education you deserve.

5. Saddam and bin Laden will not seek United Nations approval before they try to kill us.

6. Martin Sheen is not the president. He only plays one on TV.

7. Even if you are anti-war, you are still an ''infidel,'' and bin Laden wants you dead too.

8. If you believe in a ''vast right-wing conspiracy'' but not in the danger that Hussein poses, quit hanging out with the Dell computer dude.

9. We are not trying to liberate the Iraqis.

10. Whether you are for military action or against it, our young men and women overseas are fighting for our right to speak out. We all need to support them without reservation.